Engineers Without Borders UW Madison Presents

The 3rd Annual EWB Banquet

5:30pm Thursday April 10, 2008

 

The University of Wisconsin-Madison Engineers Without Borders invites you to join us for a Banquet on Thursday, April 10th at 5:30pm in the Memorial Union Great Hall. The EWB-UW Annual Banquet is a means to inform and inspire our past donors, UW professors, companies, and other interested members of our community about our organization.

EWB-UW Background

The Engineers Without Borders team at Madison is a student run non-profit organization dedicated to improve the quality of life for our partners in the local, national, and international communities through sustainable development projects. These projects train students through hands on experiences and leadership roles tobe more knowledgeable and conscientious about the international community and sustainable development. We consist mainly of dedicated engineering students and mentors, but we are actively pursuing students and mentors from outside of engineering.

Why Attend

Professors:

The Banquet will be a means to inform UW professors about our organization in hopes of building stronger networking ties and cross disciplinary participation in EWB service learning projects. We are actively pursuing students and mentors from within and outside of engineering for fundraising, grant writing, engineering design, video editing, languages, and many other leadership positions.

Companies:

The Banquet will encourage companies to become more involved with our projects, and allow companies to scout out talented and motivated students from UW-Madison. Companies purchasing a table will receive recognition on our website.

Community:

The Banquet will inspire the local community about our local, national, and international projects and also inform the community about how they can take action to support and strengthen the EWB team. We are hoping to build lasting partnerships within the local community.

Our Projects

Our chapter has been active since 2003 and already has projects in Rwanda, El Salvador, Kenya, New Orleans for hurricane Katrina, Madison,and more projects are being proposed. These projects are focused on distributing larger quantities of water to the communities, purifying water, improving infrastructure, harnessing renewable energy, sanitizing waste, and increasing food supplies through aquaculture.

Itinerary

5:30 - Social Hour

• Name tags/sign up at door
• Posters/Project designs
• Complimentary Water, Milk, Coffee, and Tea
• Also available: Soda for $2, Beer for $3, and Wine for $4

6:30 - Welcome Guests

• A welcome message from our president Katie Simon

6:35 - Dinner

• Dinner is served

7:15 - Project Presentations

• Katie Simon on the history of EWB-USA and EWB UW
• Presentations on Current Projects with Q&A for each

7:55 - In Memory of Peter Bosscher

• Katie Simon speaks about Peter Bosscher's contribution to EWB UW
• Selected stories on Peter Bosscher from EWB members

8:10 - Rwanda Documentary, and EWB UW Involvement

• Jonathan Lee introduces the Rwanda Documentary
• 20 Minute Rwanda Documentary Film
• Katie Simon on the importance of EWB and getting people involved. (Signup Sheets will be made available)

8:35 - Break

• A Short Break

8:45 - Musical Guests

• A cappella performance by Tangled Up in Blue

The banquet will end around 9:15

 

Registration and Prices

Registration is Closed. Thank you to all our guests, see you on the 10th!

Event Location

Great Hall Memorial Union (3rd Floor) 800 Langdon Street Madison, WI 53706

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Parking

Local street parking and in the parking structure across from the Memorial Union at 600 Park Street
About Parking at this University

Directions For Parking - We suggest lot 6 for parking. Lot 6 is right across the street from the Memorial Union at 600 N. Park St.

Many hotels offer courtesy shuttle van services also, check with your hotel when you check in, they will most likely be able to drop off and pick up from the banquet at any time.

If your hotel is close enough you may also want to walk to the banquet.

Local Hotel Accommodations

Best Western Inn on the Park
22 South Carroll Street
Madison, WI
800.279.8811

Hilton Madison Monona Terrace
9 East Wilson Street
Madison WI
608.255.5100

Madison Concourse Hotel
1 West Dayton Street
Madison, WI
800.356.8293

Questions

Contact Kate Servais if you have any questions.